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# 1  
Old 11-17-2008
Listing of all the files in the order of last update (including those in the subdiret
I want to list all the files in the current directory including those in the subdirectories as well as a single lot in the order of last updated. (Not as separate list given by ls -lRt).

Any suggestion?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-17-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver
What about this command?

Code:
find . -exec stat -c "%Y|%n" {} \; | sort -rn

which will give output like:
Code:
1226943267|./file73
1226943267|.
1226929499|./file70
1226929491|./file71
1226770385|./file63
1226770254|./file63.sav
1226677066|./file67
1226589199|./file68new
1226589041|./xab
1226589041|./xaa

If it is ok, then you can append a cut or awk to only print the filenames

The following version will show filetypes first.
Code:
find . -exec stat -c "%F|%Y|%n" {} \; | sort -rn

with output like
Code:
regular file|1226943267|./file73
regular file|1226929499|./file70
regular file|1226929491|./file71
regular file|1226770385|./file63
regular empty file|1226345695|./indic_file/ABCIND2008110901.TXT
regular empty file|1226345695|./indic_file/ABCIND2008110601.TXT
regular empty file|1225289894|./resnum/res4
directory|1226943267|.
directory|1225279229|./pass_var
directory|1225243924|./delete_extra

You could grep for "regular file", and then cut/awk to only include filenames.
# 3  
Old 11-19-2008
Thanks,

However stat command is not available on all Unix e.g. AIX does not have it.

Any other solution?
# 4  
Old 11-19-2008
You have to write something that creates a file mtime in epoch seconds, then formats it usefully:
Code:
filetime()
{
    perl  -e '
          use POSIX qw(strftime);
          $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];
          print strftime "%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S ", localtime($mtime);
         ' $1
}
find . -name '*.shl' |\
while read filename 
do
	echo "$(filetime $filename) $filename"
done | sort

output on a local directory:
Code:
2003-02-10:14:30:53  ./up.shl
2004-02-12:12:47:38  ./uzpbpia.shl
2004-07-29:09:06:14  ./uzppmt1.shl
2005-07-11:08:40:23  ./uzpbmgt.shl
2005-12-30:07:29:13  ./uzpftp.shl
2006-03-27:14:44:42  ./uzpnccl.shl
2006-03-30:11:04:28  ./push/BPMigration/shl/uzpnccl.shl
2006-03-30:11:07:36  ./push/BPMigration/shl/uzpbpft.shl
2006-03-31:11:33:17  ./push/BPMigration/shl/uzeblpt.shl
2006-05-30:12:16:17  ./uzpbrbt.shl
2006-05-30:12:33:55  ./uzpbpux.shl
2006-06-16:10:54:01  ./uzebpux.shl
2006-07-27:11:38:21  ./test.shl
2006-10-17:10:29:18  ./uzpcsf1.shl
2007-02-05:13:29:08  ./dt.shl
2007-02-22:10:28:54  ./uzpbpft.shl
2007-04-20:11:28:55  ./compile_all.shl
2007-04-23:08:40:29  ./comp.shl
2007-04-23:08:56:13  ./put.shl
2007-11-16:13:43:27  ./uzepteu.shl
2007-11-30:12:29:27  ./uzpsoal.shl
2007-12-05:11:04:16  ./push/csf/scripts/putPDF.shl
2007-12-07:11:23:52  ./newshl/stop_swjobs.shl
2007-12-07:11:24:28  ./newshl/restart_test.shl
2007-12-07:11:25:32  ./newshl/restart_swjobs.shl
2007-12-07:11:26:09  ./newshl/restart_jobs.shl
2007-12-12:09:49:45  ./push/pnm/c/mk.shl
2008-01-03:13:48:38  ./uzedele.shl
2008-01-08:11:27:23  ./uzrmadj.shl
2008-01-08:11:27:23  ./uzrnafx.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./HT671586_fix_mbil_inact_DF8703.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./LoadUzrccnt.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./export_tts_8685.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./gccomp.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./gencmpl.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./gencmplc.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./genlf40.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./get_pvcs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:37  ./gjajobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./glbdata.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./glblsel.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./glbparm.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./glolett.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./glrletr.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./guavrfy.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./gurjobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:38  ./ht566472_fix_status_8112.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./import_tts_8685.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./linkcob.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./linkcobn.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./noserv2.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./online_tts_8685.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./pnm.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./putPDF.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./putpdf.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./restart_ParseProcess.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./restart_gurjobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./restart_job.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:39  ./restart_jobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_jobs2.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_swjobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_swjobs_CR7812_tmsdev.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_swjobs_CR7812_tmsfast.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_test.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./restart_test_orig.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./sleepunx.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./stop_ParseProcess.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./stop_swjobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:40  ./testswjobs.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./trunctab.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./uapdelq.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./uardqtm.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./ubancase.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./ubpcalc.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./uccomp.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./ucobcomp.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:41  ./usaschc.shl
2008-01-08:12:02:51  ./usaschi.shl
2008-02-18:11:48:39  ./uzpdele.shl
2008-03-06:11:22:43  ./fanal.shl
2008-03-14:08:22:36  ./minmax.shl
2008-03-31:13:18:37  ./ddiff.shl
2008-04-23:15:31:48  ./sunday.shl
2008-05-01:10:57:39  ./new_CSF.shl
2008-05-27:14:01:40  ./uzrutrf.shl
2008-05-31:16:21:30  ./test_let.shl
2008-05-31:19:14:38  ./mk.shl
2008-06-04:06:38:04  ./uzemn.shl
2008-06-10:09:41:28  ./uzemail.shl
2008-06-18:10:02:03  ./cour.shl
2008-07-03:11:40:08  ./email.shl
2008-07-07:10:25:04  ./sendemail.shl
2008-07-24:10:39:25  ./spew.shl
2008-07-29:13:38:55  ./uzeblpt.shl
2008-08-01:11:25:04  ./whatever.shl
2008-08-20:13:14:08  ./tmp.shl
2008-08-26:07:38:58  ./cifsChecker.shl
2008-08-28:12:06:22  ./uzpletd.shl
2008-09-05:10:55:03  ./uzrcour_soa.shl
2008-09-16:08:49:42  ./overlap.shl
2008-09-19:11:41:12  ./soa.shl
2008-10-03:09:53:45  ./badproc.shl
2008-10-13:08:50:51  ./tic.shl
2008-10-20:10:57:51  ./uzembil.shl
2008-11-18:08:41:40  ./cal_parse.shl

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Soham
# 5  
Old 11-20-2008
Thanks
Thank you very much for your help.
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